Tom Sykes started from pole the last two editions of the Misano races, in 2011 and 2012: in both cases qualifying was run in the wet. Tom however never climbed on the podium here. His best result is a fourth, scored in race one both in 2011 and 2012.

Jonathan Rea scored here his maiden win in 2009, race two, after a seventh in race one. Two troubled years followed: he was thiteenth and twelfth in 2010, he was nevertheless the best-placed Honda rider, while in 2011 he had to withdraw for wrist pain after a fall during the warm-up. In 2012 he repeated his second grid spot obtained in 2009, finishing fifth in race one and second in race two.

Loris Baz in 2012 suffered a gearbox failure in race one, while in race two he was able to finish eighth. He was sixth in the 2010 Superstock 1000 race and ninth in the 2009 one. In his Superstock 600 championship year, 2008, he was third behind Patrik Vostarek and Marco Bussolotti.

Sylvain Guintoli always scored good results in his three Superbike weekends here: in all the races he finished he was classified between fifth and seventh, missing the flag only in 2012 in race two for a fall. His best results are related to his first weekend here, in 2010, when he was sixth in grid and fifth and sixth in the races.

Chaz Davies was able to climb through the field in 2012 in race one, when he finished sixth from 21st in grid. In race two he was on his way to repeat this performance, when he fell once tenth. In the 2011 and 2010 Supersport races he was sixth and fourth.

Two Superbike weekends in Misano for Marco Melandri: in 2011 he was third in race one behind Checa and Biaggi, while he fell in race two on the first turn after the start. In 2012 he retired in race one for tyre wear problems and finished fourth in race two. Four MotoGP races for him here, with a fourth as best result, in the 2007 one, the first he contested here.

Davide Giugliano qualified in fourth for the 2012 races: he managed to take the lead in race one, but was passed two laps from the end by Biaggi and Checa, finishing third. In race two he fell while fighting for third with Haslam and Rea. He won the 2011 Superstock 1000 race and he won also the 2006 Superstock 600 race.

Two podiums out of ten races run here for Leon Haslam: second in race two in 2010 and third in race two in 2012, before his team-mate Melandri. Leon scored points here nine times out of ten, finishing six times in the first eight. The only race without points came in 2011, race one: he took the lead on the opening lap, then he was passed by Checa, Biaggi and Melandri, falling while running fourth.

Alex Lowes ran a Superstock 1000 race in Misano, in 2009: he slipped back to 34th on the opening lap, climbing back to 25th at the flag. The year before he was 21st in Superstock 600.

The best result in Misano for Eugene Laverty is the one of his first race here, in 2011, when he was fifth, passed by Sykes on the final lap. In 2010 he dominated the World Supersport race, winning ahead of Joan Lascorz and Kenan Sofuoglu.

Four MotoGP races in Misano for Toni Elias from 2007 to 2011: the Spaniard always scored points, managing to climb on the podium in 2008, third behind Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.

Little luck for David Salom in Misano: three retirements out of four races contested. He managed to see the chequered flag only in 2009 in race one (23rd). He fared better in his only MotoGP race run in Misano, when he was fifteenth in 2012. David raced here also Four Supersport races, finishing fourth in the 2011 one.

Niccolò Canepa’s best result on this track came in Superstock 600 in 2006, when he finished third behind Davide Giugliano and Xavier Simeon, after scoring pole.

Fabien Foret is the only rider in Supersport history to have won two races in Misano: all the other fourteen winners weren't able to win more than once.

Jeremy Guarnoni dominated the Superstock 600 race at Misano in 2010 with pole (his first one in Superstock 600) win and fastest race lap.

This will be the fifth different international championship in which Claudio Corti will run in Misano. He was sixteenth in MotoGP last year.

Alessandro Andreozzi raced twice in Moto2 in Misano, without managing to finish in the first twenty: 29th in 2011 and 22^nd in 2012. In the latter year he raced here in two championships, as he was also 20th in the Supersport class: that was his only Supersport appearance.

Races to remember for Ayrton Badovini in Misano: in 2011 he was fourth in race one, at the time his best career result and eighth in race two. In 2012 he scored here is first front row start, qualifying fourth.

Bryan Staring had to retire from last year's MotoGP race for a technical problem. The Aussie was eleventh and seventh in the two Superstock 1000 races he contested here in 2011 and 2012.